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03/28/2025Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines 2025
03/27/2025Summer Food Service Program Training Opportunities 2025
02/24/2025Northeast Food for Schools Round Two Funding Opportunity
02/21/2025Notification to the Community on the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
02/12/2025Annual Verification of Bank Account Activity for Sponsoring Organizations
02/07/2025Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Area Eligible Schools List (50% List)
02/06/2025Permanent Agreement for the Administration of Unaffiliated CACFP Sites
01/31/2025Capital Expenditure Approved List for School Food Authority Equipment Purchases
01/21/2025Meal Pattern Variation for Faith-Based/Religious Observance
01/07/2025USDA Foods in Emergency/Disaster Situations in Schools
11/15/2024Farm to school consultation, resources and professional development available for School Food Authorities & Early Education Centers
11/05/2024Food Service Management Company Contracting Procedures FY 2025
09/30/2024October 1 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data Collection Report
09/23/2024Provider Resources, Inc. Closing
09/12/2024National School Lunch Program Administrative Review and Procurement Review — School Year 2024-2025
09/11/2024Breakfast Requirements — Universal Free School Meals & Breakfast After the Bell Mandate
08/12/2024Revised Northeast Food for School Reallocation Awards SY24-25
08/08/2024Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Training Opportunities and Resources FY 2025
08/06/2024National School Nutrition Programs Reimbursement Rates for Fiscal Year 2025
07/29/2024CACFP Reimbursement Rates — Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
07/23/2024School Year (SY) 2024-2025 Special Milk Program (SMP) Application Renewal and Massachusetts Special Milk Household Application Packet Now Available
07/07/2024School Meal Communication Plan 2024/2025
06/27/2024School Year 2024-2025 USDA Foods Warehouse Contract Award
06/26/2024USDA Foods — 2024/2025 Availability Update, Brown Box, FCFS, DoD Funds, Processing Pounds, Warehouse Contracts, & Assessment Fees
06/24/2024School Year (SY) 2024-2025 Massachusetts Meal Benefit Household Application Packet Now Available
06/11/2024Meal Modifications in Child Nutrition Programs
05/08/2024FY24 SFSP Operational Questions and Answers
04/29/2024Community Eligibility Annual Notification of Local Educational Agencies
02/01/2024Allowable and Indirect Costs
11/27/2023Investing in School Nutrition Programs
01/12/2023School Meal Access for Early College Learners
12/22/202212/22/2022 UPDATE: Choking Prevention Policy: Nutrition for Young Children (Under the age of four)
12/06/2022Civil Rights Complaint Policy & Procedures for Sponsoring Organizations of Child Nutrition Programs
11/07/2022CACFP Policy: Prorated Site Monitoring Schedule for Sponsoring Organizations
08/15/2022Permanent Agreements for the Child Nutrition Program Sponsors
08/03/2022CACFP Policy for Annual Application Renewal
08/03/2022CACFP Policy for Active Participation
06/28/2022Use of the Nondiscrimination Statement on Public Communications (State Guidance issued June 28, 2022)
02/28/2022An Act Promoting Student Nutrition (2 of 2) — Student Unpaid Meal Debt
02/28/2022An Act Promoting Student Nutrition (1 of 2) — New Requirements Related to Special Provisions
08/05/2021Taglines and Providing Meaningful Access to the Child Nutrition Program (State Guidance issued August 5, 2021)

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Has the Office for Food and Nutrition Programs (FNP) requested that any regulatory requirements be waived for Child Nutrition Programs operating in Massachusetts?

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Last Updated: March 28, 2025